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Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.
Author
Language
English
Description
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A candid, hilarious look at women of a certain age and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.
“Wickedly witty ... Crackling sharp ... Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” —The Boston Globe
With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron chronicles her
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Language
English
Description
"Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex broke ground, shattered taboos, and galvanized conversations about young women's right to pleasure and agency in sexual encounters. It also had an unintended effect on its author: Orenstein realized that talking about girls is only half the conversation. To understand girls and sex, we also need to talk about boys and sex. Today's young men are subject to the same cultural forces as their female peers. They are steeped...
5) Farmland
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An in-depth documentary covering multiple personal stories of young US farmers and ranchers. Most Americans have never stepped foot on a working farm or ranch or ever had the opportunity to talk to the people who grow and raise the food we eat.
6) How to be a better wife and mother: be a SuperMom, a good wife and improve your family life today
Author
Publisher
Southshore Publications & Distribution
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Provides advice for improving your family life as a mother and wife.
7) Disfigured
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Lydia is a fat, graceful woman struggling to maintain her identity in fashionable Venice Beach, California. Though she is a member of Fat Acceptance Group she still struggles with complex feelings about her body and its place in the world. Darcy, a recovering-anorexic real estate agent, is struggling with the same issues from a very different perspective. Her attempt to join the Fat Acceptance Group is quickly rejected but it introduces her to Lydia....
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask--yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and "reverse racism." In his own words, he...
10) The last castle
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Oscar winning screen legend Robert Redford squares off against Emmy winner James Gandolfini in this explosive action-thriller, remastered from a 4K film transfer supervised by director Rod Lurie. Jailed for defying a presidential order, war hero General Eugene Irwin refuses to knuckle under to abusive prison warden Colonel Winter. But when a fellow inmate is murdered, the battle of wills erupts into full-on war as Irwin and the men rise up in defiant...
11) Survival lessons
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Inspires readers to find the beauty in everyday life during tough times by re-envisioning everything from relationships to family.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Citing a rise in such factors as cosmetic surgery, status-related debt, and misrepresented Facebook profiles, a cautionary report on the increase of unhealthy ego-related behaviors examines its actual cost to families, organizations, and societies.
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Millennials make up the largest and most valuable market of consumers in the United States--but until you understand how to successfully market to them, you may as well kiss their colossal spending power away! Packed with powerful data, research, and case studies across a variety of industries, Marketing to Millennials For Dummies gives you a fail-proof road map for winning over this coveted crowd.--Provided by Publisher.
16) Chicken soup for the soul: my kind (of) America : 101 stories about the true spirit of our country
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"These 101 stories showcase an America filled with good people who volunteer in their communities, help their neighbors, and pride themselves on doing the right thing"--Back cover.
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Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Studies have shown that at least half of all high school students have admitted to cheating on tests, although some experts say the situation is starting to improve. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations, this title examines What Is Cheating?, How Serious a Problem Is Cheating Among Teens?, Why Do Teens Cheat? and How Should Teen Cheating Be Addressed?"--From the publisher's web site.